Engineering prof studying how to protect energy industry from cyberattacks

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An Ontario engineering professor has received a federal grant to develop stronger security systems to protect Canada’s energy sector and supply chain from cyberattacks.

Sebastian Fischmeister, a professor of engineering at the University of Waterloo, received $1.2 million in federal funding for the project, his university“We are going to look into hardware and software for the supply chain for the energy sector,” Fischmeister said in an interview with BNN Bloomberg Thursday.

The system works to examine critical energy infrastructure systems and components in order to identify potentially “fraudulent or counterfeit components.” Fischmeister’s team of engineers will also work to find new ways to protect vital infrastructure against “damaging interference,” according to a news release.

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